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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2010
Takahiro Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Kamata, Hirosaki, JP;
Akira Kimura, Hirosaki, JP;
Takahiro Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
Masahide Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Kamata, Hirosaki, JP;
Akira Kimura, Hirosaki, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector matable with the receptacle connector along a mating direction. The plug connector includes a lock activation portion movable between a lock position and an unlock position along an activation direction under a mating state. The receptacle connector includes a detection switch and a deformable lock operation member pivotably mounted to the plug connector that ensures movement of the lock activation portion in a separation direction when the lock activation portion is located at the unlock position under the mating state. The lock operation member has lock member ends that are received by holes of a receptacle shell to retain the plug connector and receptacle connector in the locked position and to effect closure of the detection switch. The detection switch is pressed by the lock activation portion to detect the lock activation portion is located at the lock position.